Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy and her sergeant Mike Korpanski find themselves investigating the murder of a ten year old boy whose burning body is found beneath the Winking Man, a desolate outcrop from which the nature has carved a human face.

The body is scarred by cigarette burns, his hands tattooed and his clothes scruffy, but he wears expensive trainers and has a gold ring on his left hand. Who is he and who is the old woman who watched him burn .

My Thoughts:

This is the second book in the series featuring Joanna Piercy. I had previously read Scaring Crows which is book number five. Both times I felt that both books could have been read as stand alones but I always do like to try to read a series in order.

This book was very quick to read and it wasn’t over descriptive. I felt that it also bounced from one situations to another very quickly. Also I feel that there is still time in the series for the characters to be fleshed out some more and already Joanna is having problems in her personal life.

A quick easy thriller with not many twists and turns but I didn’t find out till the end who was responsible although I had nearly worked it out for myself. Three Stars for this one. ( )